Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.

Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.

You have wished it so, you have wished it so, George Dandin, you
have wished it so.
[Fr., read more

You have wished it so, you have wished it so, George Dandin, you
have wished it so.
[Fr., Vous l'avez voulu, vous l'avez voulu, George Dandin, vous
l'avez voulu.]

Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
Which read more

Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!

I wish I knew the good of wishing.

I wish I knew the good of wishing.

If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.

If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.

Wishing, of all employments is the worst.

Wishing, of all employments is the worst.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.

With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.

Of all complexions the culled sovereignty
Do meet, as at a fair, in her fair cheek,
Where read more

Of all complexions the culled sovereignty
Do meet, as at a fair, in her fair cheek,
Where several worthies make one dignity,
Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek.